Tired of blaming myself for failed photos, I loaded an Ilford HP5 into the cheapest—and arguably worst—point-and-shoot I own: a Pentax PC-550. 28mm lens, fixed f/5 aperture, fixed 1/100s shutter speed, flash always on. This is the result. If it’s bad, it’s clearly the camera’s fault.

Photographer:
george_ion
Uploaded:
2025-12-26
Camera:
pentax pc-550
Film:
Ilford HP5 Plus 400
Lens:
Pentax 28 mm
Country/region:
Romania
Decade:
2020s
Year:
2025
Albums:
Frames from a Cheap Camera

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